March 16

Hi,

Just a quick update to let you know that things are better. This morning I called our doctor who was able to get Denny in right away to see an ear specialist. I won't give you the graphic details (Shannon's instructions!) but he was able to eliminate the outer ear infection and prescribed some more powerful antiobiotic ear drops. He told us that he thinks this is probably all a result of the radiation Den was given last summer. Once the inner ear infection is cleared up, hopefully by next Monday, we will see him again and Denny will have a CT scan to see if there is a necessity of putting a tube in that ear. That, and/or, regular visits to our new best friend, Dr. Meyer, should prevent this from happening again. I sure wish other things were as easy to fix!!!

Shingles are another story. Those are healing and there is no residual pain, but we learned that a person can get shingles more than once. We are just thankful that this time it was caught the very day they started to appear. That spared Den a ton of pain.

For Denny, the very worst part of all of this is not being able to go to the State basketball tournament in Madison. But we'll be there in spirit and watching the game on TV. I think we will try to make a little party out of it for Papa and his boys!

Thanks for your thoughts and continuing prayers,

Carla